Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, head of the committee tasked with preparing a white paper on the state of Bangladesh's economy, said on Thursday that the committee's role is to analyze the causes and extent of corruption, not to identify or "catch" the corrupt. "This committee will explain why corruption occurs and assess
Author: A H M Masum Billah
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